Differences between out-patients with physical disease and those with medically unexplained symptoms with respect to patient satisfaction, emotional distress and illness perception

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 433-446

  Jackson, Judy ^a   Kincey, John ^a   Fiddler, Magdalen ^a   Creed, Francis ^a   Tomenson, Barbara ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH ANXIETY QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; ILLNESS PERCEPTION QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SATISFACTION QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARDIOLOGY; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 8444247858     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/1359107042304597     Document Type: Article

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